Coherent vs Streaming DMA: A Deep Dive into the Linux DMA Mapping API

The Linux DMA mapping API exists to solve two problems for driver authors: translating a CPU buffer into a bus address the device can use, and inserting the cache maintenance operations needed on non-coherent architectures. Coherent mappings (dma_alloc_coherent) are for small, long-lived control str

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